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Jul 6, 2022 • 7min
Behold the Weird Physics of Double-Impact Asteroids
Mars is littered with craters made by binary asteroids. These collisions are as intriguing as they are powerful.
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Jul 4, 2022 • 8min
Forget Lasers. The Hot New Tool for Physicists Is Sound
From acoustic tweezers to holograms, engineers are taking inspiration from the field of optics—and riding the sound wave.
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Jul 1, 2022 • 8min
Covid Shots for Little Kids Are Finally Here. Now for the Hardest Part
Hesitancy, bureaucracy, inequity, and the need to explain new formulas could slow down vaccine delivery to the last unprotected group.
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Jun 30, 2022 • 8min
Do Birth Control Pills Affect Your Mood? Scientists Can’t Agree
Over 100 million women are estimated to use oral contraceptives, but studies on the pill’s mental health effects raise more questions than answers.
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Jun 29, 2022 • 9min
This Year’s Extreme Weather Is Just Getting Started
Climate change and natural variability are making 2022 a year of big weather events—so get ready for more heat waves, droughts, and hurricanes.
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Jun 28, 2022 • 8min
How the Sugars In Spit Tame the Body’s Unruly Fungi
Mucus keeps the microbiome healthy. Now scientists have clues about how it stops good microbes from going bad.
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Jun 27, 2022 • 7min
The Black Carbon Cost of Rocket Launches
Researchers say that the rising number of space launches around the world will warm parts of the atmosphere and thin the ozone layer.
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Jun 24, 2022 • 9min
Particle Hunters Can Spend a Lifetime Searching for Answers
In physics, experiments to answer the big questions can take decades to run—and might not produce any findings at all.
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Jun 23, 2022 • 8min
The US Can Halve Its Emissions by 2030—if It Wants To
The economics are clear: Renewables are cheap enough for the country to rapidly decarbonize. Less evident is the political will to pull it off.
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Jun 22, 2022 • 9min
Australia Has Finally Woken Up to Climate Change
The newly elected government has promised stricter emission limits and more renewables in the wake of fires, droughts, and floods.
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